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S A T U K D A Y E V E N I N G , MAECH 29, 1902.

VARYING VIEWS OF MISS BURNS' CASE

Two Theaters Yearn for the Youm* Woman Accused Erroneously of

Murdering Her Lover.

The Policy King and the Policy Fight­er—President Roosevelt's Influ­

ence Upon Wall Street.

New York, March 29.—That the dis­charge of Florence Burns, accused of the murder of her lover, Walter Brooks, would be received with acclaim by the hysterical and the sensat ion lovers was to be expected. But now that this cause celebre has been ao suddenly and start-l ingly ended, the more sober minded pub­l ic is beginning to ask itself if the action of the judge in the case does not establish, a dangerous precedent. Briefly, here are tho facts. Walter Brooks was shot and ki l led in a disreputable hotel whither he had gone with a woman. The woman dis­appeared about 10 o'clock in the evening, some time before the crime was discov­ered. So much is admitted. Florence Burns had threatened to kill young Brooks because he would not marry her. On the evening of his death she called at h i s office and they went out together. A bell boy at the hotel identified her as the woman who occupied the room with Brooks. When arrested she declared that

she had gone directly home from Brooks' office, arriving about 8 o'clock. A con­ductor on the Brooklyn .trolley line that goes to her home swore that she .was on his car, home bound, between 11 o'clock and midnight of that night. That is the case against Florence Burns. It is con­ceivable that if she had been a man and evidence BO strong had been woven around her she would not have been held for trial? It may be that on trial the evi­dence would have been found not suffi­cient to prove beyond doubt hef guilt, but It would certainly seem to ' the non-legal mind that enough had been proved to in­dicate the girl as the probable slayer of Walter Brooks. Men have been not only indicted, but convicted on evidence less damning.

The most distinguished feature of the whole unsavory case is that two theaters are vying with each other to secure Flor­ence Burns and one of the wi tnesses in the case who claims to have been en­gaged to be married to young Brooks, as "attractions."

Banquo McAuIiffc Positively Refuses to Down

TO BETTER WHOLE RACE OF BRITONS

Bulk of the Fortune of Cecil Rhodes Devoted to a - Vast Imperial

'Scheme of Education.

England Becomes Involved With Germany in the War Upon the

Marconi Telegraph.

London, March 29.—The Daily Mail s tates that Cecil Rhodes bequeathed the bulk of his fortune, outside of some per­sonal and family,bequests , to promote a vast imperial scheme of education. • The project embraces every part of the British dominions. It a ims at the intel lectual betterment of the British race throughout the world and the fostering of imperial sentiments. The details will be published

in a few days by the executors of h is will . A gift to Oriel college, Oxford, Mr. Rhodes' alma mater, is a mere incident of the scheme, which is universal in i t s scope.

It is a mistake, the Mail says, to sup­pose that any of Mr. Rhodes' wealth wil l be specifically devoted to the furtherance of mining or other ventures in Rhodesia, although the latter country will, of course, share in the general benefaction.

If judges are going to demand absolute proof of guilt before putting a prisoner on trial, hope of attaining any results in the McAuliffe case dwindle to noth­ing. The murderers of the man who was a witness against the police are sti l l at large. There is l i t t le doubt, that police­men or agents of the force killed Mc­Auliffe. So much is indicated by the falsi­

fying of the police records and the ar­raignment in court of a man who pre­tended to be McAuliffe. A reward of $2,000 has "been offered to the •"dummy" it he will come forward and tell what he knows of the case. It is improbable that ho will do so. If he does, he must either leave the city or run the considerable risfc of being "found dying," as was McAuliffe, from a fractured skull.

Ping Pong Has the City Right by the Throat No game, not even golf in the palmy

days of its ascendant star, has ever hit th i s vicinity so hard as has ping pong. It Is now raging with the virulence of an epidemic. One dealer alone has sold nearly 66,000 outfits since Christmas. Parlor l ibraries and dining-rooms are given over to it in private houses. Such col lege alumni clubs as the Harvard and Columbia clubs, and such fraternity or­ganizations as the Alpha Delta Phi and Psl Upsilon clubs have stretched nets across their billiard tabjes and turned them into battle grounds of the new fad. In the athletic clubs the hand) (ball play­ers and the devotees of the punching bag are wail ing because a l l of the

available gymnasium space is given over to ping pong tables. Wall s treet has got it hard. Many of the large offices have established nets , and it is said that the moment the Stock Exchange closes, there is a mad rush for the tables. In the offices of one of the big firms a match for $500 a side was played last week and it is said that about $5,000 in outside wagers changed hands on the result . Everybody has the craze. You see men on street cars and the elevated trains with the l i t ­t le paddle-like bats in their hands, on the way to play a t the club or at some ping pong party. And the women are as wild about it as the men, many of them ranking high as experts. Verily, we are taking our latest past ime very hard.

Who'll Pay Damage Made by Subway Cave-in Peaceful residents are cas t ing the eye

of susiplcion upon Park avenue and its vicinage. It begins to look a s if one might better l ive in the crater of a volcano of the path of an avalanche than in the re ­gion of this i l l -fated thoroughfare. First there was the subway explosion, that •wrecked everything near by. Then came the Park Avenue hotel disaster. And now t h e very earth i s falling away from under tho feet of them1 that own property there­abouts. It seems that the rapid transit tunnel ran into a section of what is known a s "rotten rock." The rotten rock behaved after i t s kind and caved in. Then the houses above the stratum of de­cay showed s igns of ennui. They leaned up against each, other. Some of them doubled up and spawled forward. Others found it too much trouble to s tand up and

sat down. The Inhabitants fled in con­siderable surprise and even distress of mind, pursued by vagrant bricks and sect ions of roofing. Now they are anx­iously inquiring who i s to pay for the damage. The oity explains that it isn't responsible for the decomposing strata and the contractors say they didn't know it was there. What is of more general interest is that they don't know how much more of i t there may be. Perhaps the whole l ine of the tunnel is lined with

it, and as the work goes merrily on across Forty-second street the laborers will be harassed by an atmospheric pre­cipitation of ten-story buildings. A tun­nel lined with interest ing ruins would be something that tourists would doubtless travel imiles to see, but from any other point of v iew it would afford, decided d is ­advantages.

Passing of Brevoort House, Ancient Landmark One more landmark of old Gotham

passes th is "week. The guests of the Bre­voort House, at Eighth s treet and Fifth avenue, have been notified that they must move out Immediately, as the old hotel has changed bands and i s t o be rebuilt. It i s said that the proprietor of the Cafe Martin, which recently moved with a great splurge of magnificence uptown to the s i te formerly occupied by Delmonico's, will put up a new hotel and restaurant there* New York can ill afford to. lose the Brevort. It is distinctive. The happiest characterization of it that I have ever heard -was from an old New Yorker

who used to l ive there and who described it aa a "well-bred hotel ." It was quiet and clean and homelike and old-fashioned. In the stir and glitter of metropolitan hotel l ife i t dropped out of notice and has been far from successful for several years. One cannot but pity the people who have lived there for so many years. They will find no other hotel with the s a m e atmos­phere and if they -wish to escape the somewhat meretricious luxurlousness which is the hall mark of the high-grade metropolitan hostelry they wil l either have to fall back on the pallid round of theboarding-house or move to Philadel­phia.

Policy Ring Struck by the Panic of Prosecution Panic h a s struck the Pol icy Ring. So

Secure has this powerful organization, (Whloh makes i t s money from the meanest end most dishonest of gambling games, become, thanks to Its control of the po­lice, that not unti l very recently has it realized i t s danger. Now, however, it b a s learned that every effort Is to be put forth by the District Attorney's office to send the leaders of the gang to jail . The •word has gone forth among the policy oroiwd to "'save the old man." The old man Is Al . Adams, known widely as the Policy King; known almost as widely as "the meanest man in New York." He comes to trial soon, probably this week, and i t ia said that the case against him a s i t "Will he presented wi l l be unprece-

general scheme to sell while there yet is time some ot the popular i s sues l isted in the stock exchange. In other words, the rise had very l i t t le significance. It cer­tainly does not indicate a general boom market this spring. If such a thing is to come at all this season it will be the result of news from the wheat fields later, when the truth whether it is reported or not, may be known.

Money, which has been ris ing now* for two weeks, will surely hold high for some time to come,' and may go st i l l higher. Big bankers do not expect a period of stringency, but the associated banks have been so near the legal l imit that only government payments prevented the wip­ing out of the reserve margin.

Another more menacing development is the quiet l i tt le struggle that is .going on in Washington over the attitude of the administration toward the large railroad and financial interests of the country. I happened to be in Washington last week so that it is possible briefly to state the outl ines of the situation. The president is no populist; he is not an antitrust man; and he has no sympathy with those peo­ple who hate wealth because others pos­s e s s it. On the other hand, he is not a rich man; his friends are not rich men; he has no sympathy -with the "hoggish" proclivit ies of capital. About the laws to restrain railroads from pooling and capi­tal from forming trusts , he expresses no opinion, saying that he needs none. The laws are laws, and his simple duty is to enforce them. If they are ridiculous or unjust, the enforcement will show that. Nonenforcement will throw contempt not only on these laws, but on laws in gen­eral, and in the end will increase the si l ly wrath against capital by giving the people a sense of the importance of the govern­ment when opposed toy Wall street. In other words, the president thinks the government will win in the Northern Se­curities contest, but that whether It win's or loses, nothing but ultimate good can come out of the trial of the case. So he refused to "let up" on the trusts and pools in spite of the strong appeals of i&en who "put up the money" to elect Mc-Kinley. —Duane.

dented for completeness. Loyalty among his followers i s a quality that Mr. Adams does not inspire, but they wil l have to s t ick by him for more selfish reasons. The Tammany district leader who runs the polit ical end of the policy game has notified them that "if the old man goes up the game Is queered," and an effort will be made to sacrifice s o m e of the un­derlings to save the chief. Those who go to jail t o protect him will be taken care of when their term is up. But i t i s doubt­ful if nil this will avail. The tip has gone forth and District Attorney Jorome wi l l himsel conduct the case, and what he doesn't know about the game and i t s political bearings isn't worth knowing. Hence the evil days of fear for the writ ­ers of the three-figured slip.

Most Effective Ally for [^strict Attorney Jerome

BLACK VOTERS BARRED T h e y W i l l B e P r a c t i c a l l y E l i m i n a t e d

i n V i r g i n i a . 2Teu> TTorH Sun Special Servian '<

Richmond, Va., March 2.9.—A plan has been adopted by the Virginia constitu­t ional convention under which i t is be­lieved the colored vote of the state prac­tically will be eliminated, while but few whites wil l be barred out. It provides that all who become voters prior to 1904 must be able to understand and explain the constitution of the s tate . After that term a poll tax of $1.50 i s provided and an educational qualification. All con­federate soldiers and their sons are ex­empt from the understand and educa­tional feature. It is bel ieved that al l the whites wi l l become qualified voters before 1904 and the majority of the negroes will be barred out^

MORMONISM'S PROGRESS A n A l a r m S o u n d e d A f f a i n s t j { | n

N e w Y o r k . 2fe*e XorlB Sun Special Service

New York, March 29.—An alarm has been sounded concerning the progress of Mormonlsm. It was prepared by secre­taries of comissionary societ ies of Pres­byterian, Baptist , Congregational, Meth­odist, Episcopal, • North and South, Re­formed, Cumberland. Presbyterian, Dis ­ciples of Christ and United Brethren churches, who write in an appeal to the Christian public of America to resist Mor­mon encroachments.

KILLED BY All . 1 0 1 1 WOMAN

Mrs. G. B. Walker Resented the Fourth Attack of .

J, S.Jildd. .,;•••,'

Startling Occurrence at Health Resort in New

Mexico.

Handsome Slayer Surrenders and Is in a Special Of­

ficer's Charge.

RETALIATE ON GERMANY

OUR GOVERNMENT GETTING BUSY

R a d i c a l A c t i o n N e c e s s a r y t o S a v e A m e r i c a n M e a t T r a d e F r o m

I r r e p a r a b l e J n j u r y .

In h i s preparation for the case Mr. Je­rome has had the advice and assistance of the best of policy fighters, Captain F. Norton Goddard. Captain Goddard got h i s hatred for policy from his East Side observations which began in 1896, when, desirious of interesting himself in some­thing outside h i s business life he took apartments on a cross street somewhere i n the thirt ies east of Third avenue. It w a s his purpose to study life as it i s l ived there, to become acquainted int i ­mately both wi th the people and the in­fluences which surrounded them. He soon learned that large proportion of the pov­e r t y suffered by his neigbors was due tp

the poor, man's game, a s policy is termed, and he determined to root it out if he could. The Civic • club, of which he was and i s the real head, declined to assist h im so he took up the fight alone, making complaints personally and repeatedly but without effecting much headway. Then he got a law passed despite Anthony Com-stock's opposition, making possession of policy s l ips criminal. It is under this law that Al Adams i s t o be tried. Cap­tain Goddard i s sti l l a young man worth, nearly a mill ion and wi th plenty of am­bition. He is difMent almost to bashful-ness but it is freely predicted that he i s sure to win high political place eventu­ally.

Wall Street Drift, With a Sizing Up of Roosevelt Th* stock market recently gave every

superficial s ign of strength. In some cases the advances ran. as high aa 3 per cent, and some of the standard railway shares were in the movement. It was F&&12y a movement of the special t ies , how­

ever, and w a s steered by the same crowd which has been putting up what are called In Wall s treet the "cats and dogs"; the advance of the standard and shares they backed up by talks of good crop condi­t ions, but i t w«s real ly only part at the

BANNA SPEAKS OUT T e l i a a. W i s c o n s i n M a n H e I s N o t a.

C a n d i d a t e f o r P r e s i d e n t .

Toman, Wis . , March 29.—Senator Mar­cus A. Hanna has written a le t ter to C. W. Oroty of this city seating that he i s in no s e n s e a candidate for the presi­dency in 1904 and requesting h i s friends to discourage any movement to that end.

WASHINGTON President Roosevelt will deliver the diplo-

nfas at the graduating exercises c£ the naval academy iat Annapolis on May 2, the advance date set In. order to relieve a dearth in com-misstonou officers.

Chairman 'Cannon objected to the appropri­ation In the sundry civil bill recommended by Secretary Root, to build a spur to the rail­road and storehouses at Fort Snelliner. Sec­retary Root asked for $15,000 for thls_nurpose. Mr. Cannon objected to it. but $7,500 was finally allowed. The amount will be increased in the senate.

Representative Shafroth of Colorado has introduced a bill prescribing the size of* the field of the United States flag and the arrange­ment of stars. The stars of the thirteen orig­inal states are to he in a circle. Surrounding the stars ot the thirty admitted states in the form of a star, with the stars of tbe last two admitted states (Wyoming and Uah) tempora­rily on* on each side of the interior star,

Haw York Sun Snmolml Smmvloo Las Vegas, N. M.f March 29.—J. S. Judd,

formerly of Chicago, was shot and killed by Mrs. G. B. Walker, a health seeker from ^Hiles, Iowa, in her apartments here. Mrs. Walker says Judd attacked her. No one saw the shooting. Judd drove to town from the Montezuma hotel at the hot springs. He went to Mrs. Walker's apartments, ostensibly to procure some photographic negatives she had borrowed from Mrs. Judd.

A few moments later there was a shot. Mrs. Walker came down stairs, handed her revolver to her landlord, (told him Judd had attacked !her, and she had killed him. Then she telegraphed her husband, who Is a farmer living at Miles, that she had killed a man and asking him to come at once. Mrs. Walker is calm. She says this was Judd's fourth attack upon her, and that, being alone with no one within call, she had no alternative, and shot to protect herself.

The murdered man was 66 years of age. He had three sons, who are physicians, one of whom is chief surgeon at the Mon­tezuma hotel and sanitarium. Judd and h i s wife -were guests of th is son. They had been here for months. Mrs. Walker was here alone. She i s 35 years of age and a remarkably handsome woman, a brunette, extremely tall and graceful, with

•brilliant eyes; She came from' her home in Iowa last 'fal l . For a t ime she main­tained apartments in the same residence where Mr. and Mrs. Judd were quartered.

H a d J u d d ' s N e g a t i v e s .

When she moved from this apartment house she carried with her some photo­graphic negatives belonging to Mr. Judd. Her apartments now are over a photo­grapher's gallery near the heart of the town. Two young women shared her apartments, but neither was present when Judd called. On entering her rooms she says he asked if she was alone, and was told that she was. She says he Withdrew to her bedroom to procure the negatives, and that he followed her. He threw his arm around her, she says, and she strug­gled with him until she reached her re­volver, which was on a- table near the bed.. She. fought with Judd, pressed the revolver against his head and fired. Judd fell to the floor without a cry or move­ment.

An excited crowd answered the revolv­er's report by rushing* up the stairway. Mrs. Walker anticipated them. Before the first reached her room she rushed down stairs and had given herself and her revolver over to her landlord. She was placed in charge of a special officer. Her room bore evidence of a struggle. The coroner's inauest has- been postponed until Walker's arrival. Mrs. Walker's attorneys have ordered her not to talk.

Neve Torh Sun Special Service Washington, March 29.—A retaliation

against Germany for her exclusion of American meats was seriously considered by the president, and his cabinet yester­day. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson believes that -drastic steps must be taken to prevent the German government from continuing i ts policy of forbidding entry of American meats ostensibly because they are unhealthful, but really in order to meet the demands of the Agrarian party. If the United States fails to com­pel Germany to rescind this prohibition, other countries which receive American meats may feel that is reasonable ground for Germany's action and adopt the same policy. Thus the American meat trade is in danger of'irreparable Injury and Sec­retary Wilson believes it is high time for the American government to protect it.

In anticipation of the discussion which wil l shortly commence between the two governments, Secretary Wilson recently directed the chemist of the department of agriculture to examine- German beers, wines and foods imported into this coun­try. The report of this official, which the secretary read to the cabinet, shows that the Germany producers use preservatives and adulterants as freely, at least, as Is done in the United States. The secretary stated that there i s ample ground for the prohibition by this government of cer­tain German products and he was dis ­posed to recommend the adoption of a. pol­icy of retaliation in case Germany did not rescind prohibiting the importation of American meats.

The president proposes that the state department shall make strong representa­tions to Germany. Secretary Hay is pre­pared to act, but In his preliminary note he will probably do no more than make an indirect remonstrance. The state de­partment believes that i t might be wise to suggest the appointment of a commis­sion, comprising German and American chemists , to investigate the whole subject of adulterants.

Wireless Telegraphic War Becomes International Berlin, March 29.—The fued between

Marconi and the Slaby-Arco wireless te l ­egraphy companies has become the "sub­ject of international diplomatic contro­versy. The German government has sent an official protest to the British govern­ment against the methods of the Marconi company and the boycott Instituted against ships equipped with Slaby-Arco apparatus. The point blank refusal of the Marconi operators to receive or transmit messages sent from the Slaby-Arco transmitters jand especially the dis­courteous manner 'wi th which it is said greetings of theT)eutschland with Prince Henry on board were ignored at Nan­tucket, Lizard and Cornwall stations is the cause.

To begin with, the German navy de­partment hats already framed a bill which

will be presented to parliament imme­diately after Easter, the purpose of which is to give the government authority to control wireless telegraphy and make uniform rates. The bill prescribes that no more than 20 to 25 cents shall be re­quired for the transmission of wireless telegraphy messages . This is , to be the first step toward the formation of an in­ternational wireless union which the Ger­man navy proposes to initiate. Emperor William is also taking, a hand in trj: fight. There Is no Intention here of infringing upon the rights of the Marconi company, b u t i t i s a s s e r t e d t h a t various governments may take control of wireless telegraphic communication so as to make common laws and be able to give international concessions which will oblige Marconi as well as Slaby-Arco and other competing companies to take each others messages without discrimination.

tyid-May Not Visit Coronation Officially

ORDERS BY WIRELESS P r a c t i c a l Vme ol M a r c o n i ' s S y s t e m o n

L a n d . JCeu> ~Xorh Sun Special Service h

New York, March 29.—The first publio announcement that the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy has reached the stage of practical and general usefulness on land was made yesterday by Gardiner Matthews of A D. Matthews & Sons, the Brooklyn dry goods house. 'Mr. Matthews declared he has begun negotiations with Dow, Jones & Co., the financial backers of Marconi, to establish a stat ion on the roof of the Fulton street store and a point near the New York postoffice. Mr. Matthews said:

That will be only the first step to establish our station, 'in the heart of the financial dis­trict. As the development of the system goes on—for I believe it is certain to go on to ultimate perfection—we shall have in­stantaneous connection with all the towns and cities within hundreds of miles. We shall receive our orders dally fby wireless tele­graph. .

London, March 29.—Wm. Waldorf As-tor's Pall Mall Gazette publishes a letter from i ts .New York correspondent, which, in i ts way is quite entertaining. The cor­respondent says :

At the present moment it is by no means a foregone conclusion that Whitelaw Reid will be accredited as special ambassador -from this country. The outcry against his officially representing this country is so great that 1 would" not be surprised to find the president eventually backing down on this point. The truth is Mr. Roosevelt is expecting re-elec­tion and the votes have to be considered. In this way even the president cannot always obey the innate promptings of a gentleman in extending the courtesies of his country. This4«.one of the studies of a republic. It

is to be neither praised nor blamed, but sim­ply understood. Editors here suggest, and they ought to know, that there is no need of a gentleman in this country, and they are cer­tainly interpreted to the public as a lot of embroidered, dancing, aimless fops, who have no necessary place in a land where-- ev«ry one is expected to worjc for his living. That is more or less true, for politics is closed to a man who will not seek votes in the Irish slums; and it is not easy to see -why people of independent means remain here. America is intensely interesting, and, as an industrial and inventive center, its educa­tional advancement is great. I would not say a word against it in any way, though why traveled people of independent means should remain more than a week in this country is not readily to be comprehended.

"Revanche" Policy Very Much Aljve in France Paris, March 29.—Interesting govern­

mental disclosures are expected as the outcome of a speech delivered by ex-Mlnlster Bourgeois at Chatou a fortnight ago. The speaker laid special stress on the importance of keeping the forces of France in a high state of efficiency, mak­ing a veiled allusion, it was thought, to Alsace-L«orralne. The ''next day a well-known political writer in explaining the allusion declared boldly that M. Bourgeois wanted France to have an army which would be able to restore Alsace-Lorraine, which had been confiscated, to the na­tionality it preferred. Questioned by a colleague on this point, the writer .stated that he had occasion to see M. Leon Bourgeois, who was then president of the council, at the very t ime when Em­peror -William- II. had addressed a t e l e ­

gram to President Kruger with regard to the Jameson affair. At the conclusion of the visit, as the writer asserts , Mr. Bour­geois said: "You are a patriot. Well, I may tell you what will be known later. We have just raised again the question of Alsace-Lorraine." "Were M. Bourgeois' disclosures confined to this?" the col­league referred to inquired. ' "Yes," was the reply "He added nothing more. But everybody is aware that when our government was sounded 'by Emperor •William II. with a view to its co-opera­tion in joint action against England, our prime minister refused, declaring that nothing could be done in company wi th Germany as long a s the question of Air sace-Lorraine existed.." There have been h ints of this before, but the al leged epi­sode has never been related in so bold

. and precise a manner.

Franco-American Dispute in Tientsin

PALMA MAY PARDON M r . R o o s e v e l t W i l l N o t I n t e r f e r e i n

N e e l y ' s Cane. Iie*v Yorle Sun Special Service

"Washington, March 29. — President Roosevelt will not interfere In the sent­ences imposed by the Cuban court upon Neely, Rathbone and Reeves, convicted of stamp frauds. The three Americans are expected to appeal to -the supreme court of the island and i ts decision will finally dispose of their cases. It is, of course, possible that Senor Palma, when in­augurated president, may exercise his pardoning power, but if he does so, It will not be done by the request of the United States.

Officials of the administration who have fe l t the influence of friends of Neely and Rathbone, say that it will undoubtedly be applied with success to tbe Cuban govern­ment.

Transplanting Lessens Not Croker's Thrift Wantage, England, March 29.—Richard

Croker, who has gone. into the dairy busi­n e s s on a large scale, called a .meeting of the farmers o f - t h e Wantage district, and offered them London prices for a l l mill^ del iYexai a t

creamery. It was explained to the farm­ers .that Mr. Croker will require at least 2,000 gallons of milk daily beginning June 1, he having secured the,contract to sup­ply milk, cream and buiter .Jo, jm &meri-

London,̂ March 29.—Although the French regard with much seriousness the lands dispute between the French and Ameri­can missionaries in Tientsin, i t i s be­l ieved that , owing to the prompt action of Consul Ragsdale of t h e United States in bringing the matter before the United States minister at Peking, all dangerous developments have been cut short. It seems that the Engl ish Methodists, the London Missionary society, and the Amer­ican Board (Congregational), and the American Methodist miss ions have prop­erty which is. comprised in the French extra-concession claimed in June, 1900.

Since that cession the American miss ions have purchased some property, less than two acres in extent, bordering on the ir own land, and occupied previously by un­desirable Chinese. The property, how­ever, is claimed by the French, who are levying rents and taxes on it, and have stopped building operations upon the land, placing policemen there. *. The other day the American consul, Mr. Ragsdale, protested, and then hoisted American flags over the disputed prop­erty. The French consul retorted that h» would hoist the tricolor, but th i s he did not do. Mr. Ragsdale remained firm, and the affair i s now in the hands ot tho r e ­spective ministers .

Message of Peace to the Industrial World Sydney, N. S. W., March 29.—The com­

pulsory industrial arbitration court.whose membership includes representatives of employers -and employes, which was re­cently established here, will open In April. Speaking to-day at a picnic which the government tendered to the delegates of the industrial unions, Justice Cohen, a member of the arbitration court,

expressed the opinion that the court's e s ­tablishment would prove to be a messag* of peace to the industrial world. Labor leaders spoke in a similar strain. The attorney general, Bernard Ringrose Wise . asked the employers not to put the arbi­tration act to full strain immediately, but to be content to ask the court t o deal with the most Important quesions, such as he l imitation of the hours of labor and child labor.

Experiment in Communal Life Made in Berlin Berlin, March 29.—An interesting ev -

periment in communal life is to be tried in the Schlachtensee suburb of Berlin. A large house, containing thirty rooms, s i t ­uated in extensive grounds of twenty acres, has been rented by a community of mutual acquaintances, among whom are both married and single. A monthly rent of frim 15 to 20 marks will be levied for each room occupied. The housekeeping will be in common and the Kitchen also. One lady and one gentleman will be elect-', ed to take charge of all the concerns of the house. These officers will be changed

weekly. A bill of fare and all other mat* ters of interest connected with the estab< l ishment will be posted up in the halL For food a daily charge of one mark will be made. 'Whether so moderate a chargt will be increased later remains to W seen. There will be a good library am a common drawing room, writ ing room; working room and dining room. Ar< rangements are also being made for | common playground and garden. Th< community will consist at first of forts persons, mostly engaged in literary an] artistic pursuits.

Selections From European News Scrap Pile

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lAverpool, March 29.—The secretary of the North Atlantic steamship conference, announced to-day that the continental l ines had signed the agreement fixing minimujn>6albon passage rates . ,

Hanover, Prussia, March 29.—Prince Derneburg, better known as -Count von Muenster-Ledenburg, who had been Ger­man ambassador to France, Great Brit­ain and Russia, is dead. He was born in London, Dec. 3, 1820. - ., ~*' „-

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Antwerp, March 29.—The public prose­cutor Jias .released.AUaaaa^. .Hirscfcmafl

and Reesen, the merchants -who were ar­rested on suspicion of being concerned it the recent diamond frauds. An jnrestigav tion~showed that the diamonds i t wai. supposed they had .misappropriated were bought. Their creditors asked for the release of the partners.

London, March 29.—Dr. Addyman, who, , it was said, had cured a case of cancer by the use of the X-rays, writes to the press* disclaiming any discovery and. saying thaii his announcement has been mlsunder-; stood. He, however, does not deny h a v - ' log effected the cure

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